Rupture of multiple parallel molecular bonds under dynamic loading

Details Rupture of multiple parallel molecular bonds under dynamic loading Rupture of multiple parallel molecular bonds under dynamic loading

2000-02-04

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0002012v1

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Biological Physics

8 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2750

Biological adhesion often involves several pairs of specific receptor-ligand molecules. Using rate equations, we study theoretically the rupture of such multiple parallel bonds under dynamic loading assisted by thermal activation. For a simple generic type of cooperativity, both the rupture time and force exhibit several different scaling regimes. The dependence of the rupture force on the number of bonds is predicted to be either linear, like a square root or logarithmic.

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